Granted, there are some items that had to be acquired in order to accomplish procuring the prize. Do not have an issue dispensing with those ancillary items.
And some I have let go because they were worn out and could not be used in the fashion as intended (my '95 F150 for example, thought, I mean hoped it would be with me forever, and even though it was well past the 250k mile on the odometer, mechanically it was still viable. Unfortunately, upper Midwest winters are unkind to metal and rust had become the predominate material. The radiator was sitting on top of 2 X 4's.), but that is the exception to the rule. I am still in the same house I built in '78 (mostly with my own hands) even though most people I know have traded up even though they could not afford to, I could...instead of buying more house...I bought more land. Can always live in a tent.
Which brings me to this dilemma...rummaging through my closet the other day, I pulled out a bunch of boxes (those used to ship guns in) and realized that some still had the rifles in them. Which means that, if not safe queens, they have been "closet" queens for at least ten years!
So here is the question...should I part with them or keep them. A couple are brand new, still in the box like a Winchester 1895 takedown chambered for the .405 and a still brand new Browning 71. There is even a Dodge Ram commemorative '94 with the original bill of sale...still in the box it was delivered in. There are also a few more...used ones, but not by me, that I have acquired some how or way that at the time it meant something to me. So what should I do...sell and thin the herd...or just save for posterity?
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